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“Falling outside of the gender binary isn’t a mental illness that needs treatment,” explains Elizabeth Leen. She spoke Feb. 4 to parents about raising a transgender child at the LGBT Community Center, Harrisburg. Called TRANS-ition, the group is a setting for parents and caregivers of gender non-conforming youth that continues March 4 and April 1. Leen

Alder Health Services is one of 47 organizations participating in the 2015 Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community. Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community is presented by Highmark Blue Shield, which underwrites the cost of the walk so participating organizations keep 100 percent of the money raised by their walkers.

Pennsylvania health officials are urging people who haven’t been vaccinated against measles to get vaccinated, especially those who may have been exposed to a sick Shippensburg-area child at several public locations. People who come down with the highly contagious illness typically get sick one to two weeks after exposure. But vaccination